I'm looking to pimp up my newly bought 2.66 13"mbp. My budget goes up to around $200, so I can either choose 8GB RAM or 80GB SSD. Which do you think is better? And, which brand should I get for the RAM
View 24 RepliesI just bought a Macbook air and there is not a cd slot should i return it and buy a different one?
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MacBook Air
I just bought MacBookAir and it has 2 keyboard buttons detached. Apple service needs 2weeks to fix it and I need my Mac for my daily work. How can I fix this?
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MacBook Air (11-INCH, MID 2011), iOS 5.1.1, Keyboard Button
I just bought a slightly used 2011 MBP MD313LL/A that has Lion installed. This is my first macbook (I have an iMac) I need to take Lion off and install Snow Leopard to be compatible with my current software. Any suggestions to the safest way to do this? I will be installing VmFusion 4 to run my Windows XP.
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MacBook Pro, 13.3" Macbook Pro MD313LL/A-4GB/750
I have a Retina MBP on the way and I'm trying to figure out the best way to transfer data to it from my Mid 2010 13" MBP (Firewire but no Thunderbolt).
Would the new Thunderbolt to Firewire adaptor allow me to enable Target Disk Mode and transfer? As this adaptor doesn't appear to be available yet, in the UK Store at least
i made sure screen auto shutdown and auto dim was off on the new 13 i got last night.. brightness set to 4 blocks from right
fully charged.. unplugged at 11:30pm last night with battery showing 11hr 35mins.. screen on all night.. no sleep mode.. everything on wifi.. bt.. system completely idle as i went to bed..
I have the 13" MacBook Unibody with the 250 GB HDD. I wanted to replace that with my Seagate Freeagent Go 500 GB external HDD. I took off the enclosure and replaced the 250 gb with the 500 gb but the computer won't recognize the new 500gb HDD. All I get is a blinking question mark during start up which I know stands for HDD issues. The 500 gb HDD is working fine btw, I tested it after I took it out of the enclosure.It is a Serial ATA 2,5" and works just fine. Is the Macbook 13" Unibody not supporting 500 gb HDDs maybe? I checked the specs for the MacBook Pro 13" which is supposed to be the same as the one I have and it does say that it supports 500gb HDD.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSoftware updater is frozen on my New Mac Book Pro and won't allow we to shut down.
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MacBook
Pro
I purchased a new charger and now the laptop says it's not charging..
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MacBook
I have just erased my hard drive (after backing up) and installed Mac OS X Snow leopard from my install disk, I then copied all my files over from the backup (using time machine) and it said everything was successful and that i should login with my password.
However, the password i had previously used did not work and neither did leaving it blank or anything else i could think of so i booted using the install disk and reset my password. I restarted and couldn't get past either a blank blue screen or more often a grey screen with a small wheel on it. I tried logging in with safe mode and got to the login screen but my keyboard didn't work (despite being able to hold shift to boot in safe mode) and though i could move my mouse, i couldn't click on anything.
I have tried resetting the PRAM, Repairing the disk and its disk permissions but nothing changes.
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MacBook Pro
My hard drive crashed after about a year and a half. So I bought a new one and installed it myself. When I turn on my mac now and hold C with the install disk in the drive it just spins for a while below the apple and then goes to the gray please restart your computer screen.
View 4 Replies View RelatedGoing to buy a new internal hdd, I have mac os x and windows installed on my stock internal. Any program that will allow me to transfer everything to my new hdd (obviously I'll put the backup on a external hdd) and then not have to install all the programs again?
View 5 Replies View Related^^ Basically says it. I just installed Leopard today and plugged my touch in for the first time since then. Itunes won't detect my iPod though. iPhoto tries to import pictures from it and it charges but iTunes won't detect it.
View 10 Replies View RelatedSo, I have a 13" white MacBook that is about three years old. Recently, the Combo Drive stopped reading CD-Rs (possibly all discs in general, but I only ever use it to burn CDs, so I wouldn't have ever known), so I decided to try to install a new Super Drive myself.
Following a guide on [URL], I installed the new drive, but when I turned my computer back on, it was not recognizing the drive at all. System Profiler was saying "This system does not contain any ATA devices. If you have any ATA devices installed, check that they are connected and powered on." I was then able to reinstall my old Combo Drive, which my computer recognized immediately. Thinking that I may have just not connected something tightly the first time, I tried a second time. Same thing happened.
So, my question is, is there anything I may be missing or does this definitely mean the drive is defective? I just want to make sure I'm not sending back a functional drive before I go ahead and do so.
I have installed 4GB of extra ram to my MBP 13" (late 2010) to increase the performance of virtual machines. Though the VirtualBox doesn't recognize the 8GB of ram when i try to create a new machine for Windows XP 32-bit or Windows 7 64-bit. I haven't tried it with other operating systems. I have also reinsalled the VirtualBox but it didn't work.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Refurbished MacBook Air. Three attempts to use migration assistant to move files from MacBook to my newly acquired Air. Migration Assistant works fine until minutes to go and then "hangs" have left it connected for hours with "less than "X" minutes to go" and no files get transferred. On my third attempt this time without transferring applicaitons.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 4GB RAM, 128 GB Flash drive
Specs: Mid-2012 13'' Macbook ProOS X Mavericks 10.9.22.5 GHz Intel Core i54GB of RAM (never changed it from when I bought it)240GB SSD Crucial M500Intel HD Graphics 4000 So whenever I awake my macbook from sleep, it makes the same noise as when I boot it up or restart the machine. Is this something I should be worried about? I thought that SSDs isn't mechanical as a traditional HDD so I reckon the sound must be something else but I cannot pinpoint what it is.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI just bought a macbook and i have no disk how do i wipe out the memory?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), i do not have any disks
My new macbook leopard spits out store bought music cd's. I was able to play them in my PC laptop and other mac computers, just not my macbook. I have played burned cd's on the same macbook though.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have just been using my MacBook Pro for 2 hours, 9400M, and 2.8GHZ The macbook pro seems to be overheating. The temperatures on iStat are:
CPU: 59 Degrees
Enclosure: ~ 40 Degrees
If I use 9600M GT, the temperature goes up to 64 - 68 The left palm rest is VERY HOT for both 9400M and 9600M GT.
how do i get the movies that I bought on iTunes onto my new macbook through iCloud?
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.0.1
my 2009 13" MBP (OS X 10.6.8, Optiarc DVD RW AD-5960S) won't accept some purchased/rented DVDs. The drive makes funny noises (mrrrrrp-mrrrrp....) for 1-2 minutes and then ejects the DVD. The DVD cannot be ejected manually during that time.OS and software are up to date, lens is clean, hardware has been checked, same DVDs will play on my linux box, on stand-alone players and on several win boxes. The problem occurs with some DVDs only (1/3 of all rented/purhased DVDs). Some won't play in 9 out of 10 tries and then suddenly will.Is there a solution for this?
View 10 Replies View RelatedGoing traveling and need to have photos files etc safely stored at the end of every day in case my Mac goes astray. I'm overwhelmed with software learning and forgetful so want super simple and automatic if possible.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Can you get AppleCare on a refurbed MacBook Pro bought through Apple?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI bought a book through iTunes on my MacBook Pro and I am unable to open it. Is there anything that I can download so that I am able to read it? If not is there a way that I can get the money back from Apple that I spent on the book?
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I am not sure what is happening with my computer. It died today, I plugged in the charger, the light never came on with the charger, and now it is not working.
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MacBook
Pro
I have bought Adobe suite and apperantly I have a lot of fonts, including the one Apple uses, Myriad PRO Semibold. Well, I wanna know, how do I make Myriad a font on my whole computer, web, mac os x, everything. I tried locating it, and this is what I came to:
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I bought a 13" 2.53 GHz Macbook Pro on June 15. I exchanged it for a new one on June 25th because the graphics would randomly distort. I didn't have the box for the first one so I did a laptop for laptop direct exchange.I noticed two small dents on the bottom right corner on the bottom case a few days ago and took it to the Apple Store to exchange again (still within 14 days) because I am certain that I did not cause them. The laptop has been sitting on my desk or in a padded sleeve in a padded laptop compartment. he store manager at the Apple store was incredibly rude. He kept stating that the laptop could not have left the box with the two dents. I mentioned getting a laptop for laptop exchange and he again said there was no way it would've left the box like that. He was also incredibly surprised that I just noticed the dents. I don't do anything that needs the laptop to have the bottom case facing up.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI bought macbook pro in aug 2011. I came to know that it is qualified for free upgrade to Mac osx 10.7
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I was wondering, with the new announcements, will there be a free upgrade for people who just bought a mac recently to Mountain Lion? I thought this was the case when Lion came out...
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